When Lt. Gen. Lewis “Chesty” Puller famously quipped, “Hit hard, hit fast, hit often,” there’s a good chance he had Marine Corps mortarmen in mind.

The 2024 Military Health System Research Symposium recognized innovative researchers focused on enhancing warfighter health.

Public health, safety, and industrial hygiene experts from across the Department of Defense gathered in July to review the latest DOD and service research and approaches focused on understanding the full lifecycle of service member exposure to blast overpressure, or BOP, and injury.

The Defense Department released requirements meant to help manage the risks to brain health from blast overpressure, which can be generated by weapons systems such as howitzers, mortars and shoulder-mounted weapons. The policy memorandum, signed by Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks, aligns squarely with the department's warfighter brain health ...

Deputy Secretary of Defense: “The health and wellbeing of our Service members and civilian personnel are crucial to maintaining the U.S. military's status as the most capable and ready fighting force in the world.”

A cartridge for a new whole blood rapid test for mild traumatic brain injury was cleared for use by the Food and Drug Administration.

Uniformed Services University experts discuss brain health and mental health challenges for Ukrainian service members.

Red Arrow soldiers from the 1-120th Field Artillery Battalion and 1-105th Cavalry Squadron were visited by a team of civilian researchers and Wisconsin National Guard surgeons on April 9, 2024, during their training at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, to discuss a study to measure blast exposure and evaluate associated effects among soldiers during routine ...

USU and NCAA are a decade into their joint concussion partnership and are expanding research into Defense Health Agency centers.

Traumatic brain injuries, one of the invisible wounds of war, affect many in the military and civilian populations. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 1.7 million people sustain TBIs annually, and since 2000, over 490,000 service members have sustained a TBI.

For military members seeking treatment for brain health, therapy options are growing – literally!

Kathy Lee, director of the Department of Defense policy for the Warfighter Brain Health Initiative, speaks March 15, 2024, on traumatic brain injury at an international symposium overseas.

Vision and hearing injuries can both be sustained due to traumatic brain injury, even mild TBI.

The chief of the concussion clinic at Munson Army Health Center in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, shares his experience diagnosing and treatment traumatic brain injuries in over 20 years of service.

Senate hears DOD updates on warfighter brain health, traumatic brain injury, and blast exposure on Feb. 28.